Product Description

Experience the benefits of digital photography with the Epson P-3000. This powerful, compact device brings new flexibility and performance to digital photography. Watch movies in various formats, store and view photos through the new crystal clear 4-inch Photo Fine Ultra LCD. There's a 40GB internal memory for image storage and back-up, long battery life for true portability and built-in CF and SD memory card slots. You can even listen to music on its built-in audio player. Store, manage and share your photos and movies with this sleek, powerful, compact multimedia viewer. It's perfect for sharing memories with friends or as a professional photo assistant. Video Support - MPEG1/2 - 720x480 at 30fps, 720x576 at 25fps MPEG4 - 720x480 at 30fps, 720x576 at 25fps DivX - 720x480 at 30fps, 720x576 at 25fps H.264/AVC - 320x240 at 30fps WMV9 - 352x288 at 30fps Motion JPEG - 720x480 at 30fps, 720x576 at 25fps, 320x240 at 60fps Audio Support - MP3 - 320kbps, 48KHz, 16bit, stereo AAC - 320kbps, 48KHz, 16bit, stereo WMA - 48k-192kbps, 48KHz, 16bit, stereo USB connection - Printer with PictBridge supports and external memory device Power - AC adaptor, Lithium-ion battery System Requirements - Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home Edition, XP Professional, Mac OS X 10.2 or later, Pentium 3, Power PC G4, 700MHz (1GHz Recommended), 256MB RAM (512MB Recommended), 100MB hard disc space (150MB Recommended) Dimensions - Approximately Width 5.91 x Height 3.49 x Depth 1.30 inches, 150mm 88.7mm 33.1mm excluding minor body protrusions Weight - Approximately 426 grams

Product Details

• Brand: Epson
• Model: P-3000
• Released on: 2006-10-23
• Dimensions: 4.50" h x 9.70" w x 8.00" l, 2.70 pounds
• Hard Disk: 40GB
• Native resolution: 4
• Display size: 4

Features

• Share your favorite photos, videos and music anytime, anywhere without a computer
• High-capacity 40GB hard drive to quickly save images on the spot; includes Adobe RGB color space, DivX video file, and RAW support
• Large 4.0-inch LCD with convenient zoom capability displays photos, videos, and more
• Built-in card slots support CompactFlash I/II and Secure Digital memory cards
• Connects to TVs or projectors with optional cable; Windows and Mac compatible

From the Manufacturer
The Epson P-3000 has what you need to store and share thousands of photos, videos, music, and more--anytime, anywhere. Ready when you are, it features a high-capacity 40GB hard drive, so you can download and save images from your camera, memory card, or computer, wherever life takes you. And, it couldn't be easier to share images on the spot. A large 4-inch LCD with Epson Photo Fine Ultra technology means your friends and clients will see every vivid detail in brilliant clarity and color.

With the Epson P-3000, the perfect companion to any digital camera, you'll enjoy the freedom of true multimedia portability. In fact, you can easily download or transfer files--all without a PC! Just slip your CompactFlash I/II or Secure Digital memory card into the built-in card slots. The Epson P-3000 even supports additional memory cards with an optional third-party adapter. If you choose to use a computer, simply connect the Epson P-3000 to your computer using the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. It's all right at your fingertips with this compact device. You can easily save important photos or your favorite videos and music. Best of all, with the large capacity hard drive, you can store thousands of files!

The Epson P-3000 also has an intuitive menu that makes it easy to organize files, so you can quickly access or view them. This full-featured product does it all, including Adobe RGB color space, DivX video file, and RAW support (including zoom for RAW files); audio-video out to instnatly view slide shows and videos; and direct printing to select Epson ink jet printers. The Epson P-3000 also features long battery life that's ideal for extended, on-location shoots, and a rechargeable battery (battery and AC adapter included). Whatever your agenda, the Epson P-3000 offers the ideal on-the-go solution.

What's in the box
Epson P-3000, Hi-Speed USB cable, hand strap, carrying case, User's Guide, Li-Ion battery, AC adapter.

Customer Reviews

Works Great
This is my first experience with this sort of device. It does everything it says it will do, does it fast, and the resulting images are bright, sharp and clear. The navigation system is easy to figure out and very user friendly. The device comes with built-in slots for Compact Flash and SD memory cards. The instruction book says you can buy a 3rd party Compact Flash Card adapter which can then be plugged into the CF card slot so that other memory card types can be used. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT!!! If you already have a multi-card reader and a USB cord, just plug your reader in to the USB port, then scroll in the menu to "Read USB Device", and bingo, it happily looks at whatever card you have. So far, a very satisfactory purchase. I wish the 80 Gb model wasn't so expensive (I bought the 40). No where in advertising or instructions is any mention made of recharging the battery. It happens automatically whenever you plug in the AC adapter. Be aware, spare batteries are VERY PRICEY! So is this device, but it is worth it.

terrific piece of mind
This is a replacement for my P-2000 which is still working but I'm mostly shooting in RAW now and the firmware update on the 2000 makes it run very slow; it was almost full anyway so now it is backup. The P-5000 is everything promised. While travelling (or just out shooting on a long day hike) it is so easy to download the card, review and keep only the ones you really want so you don't go home with hundreds of the same shot, blurry shots, or mistakes. I started using the Epson because I didn't want to lug a computer and didn't trust a transfer to DVD that I couldn't see. This is small, lightweight, easy to use and it has a fantastic screen I can see even without my glasses.

This device is fantastic!
This device is absolutely wonderful. Not only does it work as a digital photo viewer but it also enables the user to listen to music files, watch older quicktime videos and can serve as an external hard drive.

With respect to the digital photo viewer options, the well lit 4" screen has superb resolution and reads most RAW files. The device permits user to not only review pictures but also delete those considered undesirable (unlike machines such as Sans Digital and Digi-Photo). That way one can delete pictures while returning from the field and upload only good ones to PC for printing. With respect to uploading pictures, it can upload from all major cards (i.e., SD, compact flash, etc.) at a reasonable rate (i.e., at about same rate as most other similar devices). This device, however, has big advantage over many of its competitors in that it can also upload pictures from other hard drives (via USB), flash cards and many other memory devices. It should be noted that these devices need to be FAT32 formatted. In addition, unlike many competing products, it can also download contents of its hard disk to another stand alone hard disk. The stand alone hard disk must be formatted as a FAT 32 however. For hard disks larger than about 30 gigs this can only be down using software such as Norton Utilities. By doing this you increase your ability to download more pictures. Carry a small portable hard disk with you and download as you fill the Epson p-3000 up and you will effectively have an Epson p-3000 with a much larger hard disk.

As a music player you can listen to mp3 amd wav files. The interface is intuitive and the software that comes with the machine makes this easy. You can also watch older quicktime videos (quicktime 4 and before). Quality of music and videos is quite good.

Last but not least the machine can be used as a portable hard disk (via USB cable).

Hence with the purchase of this product you not only get an extraordinary digital photo viewer/editor but also a music and video viewer and portable hard disk. All this for about 25% more than the price of an upper-end Ipod.